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    "ocrText": "THE POST PHONE-MAIN 2121\n2\nTHAT'S THAT\nRegistered U.S. Patent Office\nlow\nF can't let a contract to a responsible bidder, coming the to?\nI bidder, of the United States set up by (Dem.) of\nWE without a strike, then what is this country C. I. O., by A. F.\nof Is the L., government or by the constitution?''-Senator Truman\nMissouri.\nquestions by Senator Truman are his most committee pertinent. in\nT\nJudging of the Wayne, Mich., defense that the constitu-\nHESE from the testimony given beforé housing con-\nthe investigation there is a belief in some quarters Sidney\ntract scandal, to do with our system of government. laboring under the\ntion has nothing codirector of the OPM, seems to be powerful than the\ndelusion that government. And R. J. Gray, acting apparently has\nHillman, the A: F. of L. is bigger and more president of\nthe United A. F. States of L. building and construction unions,\nthe same fastastic delusion.\nHillman Currier Lumber company of Detroit, employs C. I. O.\nrecommended against award of the Wayne which housing was the\nlowest bidder by afraid that if the contract unions were wouldn't like\ncontract to the $431,000, because that company let to a\nlabor. He said he I. was O. labor the A. F. of L. Detroit defense\ncontractor that and would using call C. a general\\strike in the whole\narea.\nthe Truman committee that \"awarding or any the subsidiary Wayne\ncounty housing company will cause industrial leaders to control.\"\nGray told project to the Currier company strife that will be\ncontrolled by this or authority of A. F. of L. the business of other\nHe said this contractual relations on fair employes.\" If that\nbeyond the power trouble \"will be spread and affect standards of wages,\nisn't hours a and threat other against the government of the United\ncitizens who had working conditions with their States and the\ndefense program, what is it?\nthe award of a building contract to the lowest industrial respon-\nM\nAYBE as is required by law, will \"cause be, as he\nsible bidder, the A. F. of L. leader, warns. And it or may authority of\nstrife\" as Gray, this trouble \"will be beyond the power they may start some-\nsays, that to control.\" It is possible THAT ANY\nthing they can't either A. F. of L., or C. I. O., or\nA. F. of L. leaders stop. BUT IT IS INCONCEIVABLE any other\nalbhapetical BEYOND THE POWER OR THE\nLABOR combination, CAN AUTHORITY\nLEADERS, PRECIPITATE INDUSTRIAL AMERI-\nSTRIFE UNITED THAT IS STATES GOVERNMENT AND\nCAN OF THE ARMY TO CONTROL AND STOP.\nis going to submit to intimidation by throw a labor the\nIf our government other group, then it might just as well and quit, invite them to\nunion or any program into the waste basket, If the admin-\nwhole defense Washington and do their damnedest. any threat\ntake charge in protect the American people against hope to stop\nof istration a labor cannot \"civil war,\" how in the world can it even\nHitler?\nOF THE NAVY KNOX shot off his mouth that tension again\nS Friday. United States and Japan was easing up, the he far east a ap-\nECRETARY Just when it was beginning to appear told group\nbetween of munitions the manufacturers that a \"collision\" in\npeared virtually inevitable.\ntalk and the appropriation of astronomical sums won spot wars left\nI\nF BIG squelched aggressors, there wouldn't be a grease billions and\nof Adolf to edge the United States into war, for tank\nand Hitler. Between requests to congress for the more President\nmore power announced Friday that the American program The American\nRoosevelt is going to be doubled immediately. is, but what-\npeople production don't know how big the present tank program\never it is, it is going to be doubled.\ntively simple. THE ACTUAL PRODUCTION OF but doubtless\nDoubling All that is necessary is to make plans TANKS is some-\nthe tank PROGRAM is one thing. That on is paper. compara- But\nDOUBLING thing very different. That will require not only time\nan appropriation of still more billions."
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